You Might Be A Mathematician If......

  1. You are fascinated by the equation eiπ+1=0e^{i \pi} + 1 = 0.

  2. You know by heart the first fifty digits of π \pi

  3. You have tried to prove Fermat's Last Theorem.

  4. You know ten ways to prove Pythagoras' Theorem.

  5. Your telephone number is the sum of two prime numbers.

  6. You have calculated that the World Series actually diverges.

  7. You are sure that differential equations are very useful tool.

  8. You comment to your wife or girl friend/ boy friend that her/his hair is nice and parallel.

  9. When you say to a car dealer, "I'll take the red car or the blue one," you must add " but not both of them."

Note by Paul Ryan Longhas
6 years, 2 months ago

No vote yet
1 vote

  Easy Math Editor

This discussion board is a place to discuss our Daily Challenges and the math and science related to those challenges. Explanations are more than just a solution — they should explain the steps and thinking strategies that you used to obtain the solution. Comments should further the discussion of math and science.

When posting on Brilliant:

  • Use the emojis to react to an explanation, whether you're congratulating a job well done , or just really confused .
  • Ask specific questions about the challenge or the steps in somebody's explanation. Well-posed questions can add a lot to the discussion, but posting "I don't understand!" doesn't help anyone.
  • Try to contribute something new to the discussion, whether it is an extension, generalization or other idea related to the challenge.
  • Stay on topic — we're all here to learn more about math and science, not to hear about your favorite get-rich-quick scheme or current world events.

MarkdownAppears as
*italics* or _italics_ italics
**bold** or __bold__ bold

- bulleted
- list

  • bulleted
  • list

1. numbered
2. list

  1. numbered
  2. list
Note: you must add a full line of space before and after lists for them to show up correctly
paragraph 1

paragraph 2

paragraph 1

paragraph 2

[example link](https://brilliant.org)example link
> This is a quote
This is a quote
    # I indented these lines
    # 4 spaces, and now they show
    # up as a code block.

    print "hello world"
# I indented these lines
# 4 spaces, and now they show
# up as a code block.

print "hello world"
MathAppears as
Remember to wrap math in \( ... \) or \[ ... \] to ensure proper formatting.
2 \times 3 2×3 2 \times 3
2^{34} 234 2^{34}
a_{i-1} ai1 a_{i-1}
\frac{2}{3} 23 \frac{2}{3}
\sqrt{2} 2 \sqrt{2}
\sum_{i=1}^3 i=13 \sum_{i=1}^3
\sin \theta sinθ \sin \theta
\boxed{123} 123 \boxed{123}

Comments

My phone number isn't the sum of two prime numbers. It is a prime number.

Mursalin Habib - 6 years, 2 months ago

Log in to reply

So, you've memorised a ten digit prime

@Amrita Roychowdhury you too. Q

Agnishom Chattopadhyay - 6 years, 2 months ago

Well, I disagree with you, sorry!

Kartik Sharma - 6 years, 2 months ago

Nice compilation , I must say!

Well for me , I think it's :

  • Yes for 3,4,5,7

  • No for 1,2,6,9

  • No comments for :8

But I really don't mind what the criteria is , I know I am a great fan of Mathematics !!

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 2 months ago

1 is true for me. No for the rest 8.

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 2 months ago

I have sign(s) -

  • 1,
  • 2 (partially),
  • 3,
  • 4 (one can easily find a new method, so I guess I have > 10 methods),
  • 5 (that's very near to Goldbach's Conjecture),
  • 7 (but it depends in what manner are you taking them to be useful tools)

And I don't have sign(s) -

  • 6 because I'm not all familiar with World Series (I'll google it out),
  • 8 because I still don't have any girlfriend,
  • 9 because I never went to a car dealer

Are these enough signs to come to any conclusion???

Kishlaya Jaiswal - 6 years, 2 months ago

  1. Yes
  2. No, forty
  3. Yes
  4. No
  5. Yes, every 1 in 2 phone numbers is so.
  6. I would if I knew what the World Series is.
  7. Yes
  8. No, but I had shown them that their phone number is a sum of two prime numbers.(Search 'A Late Night Conversation' on Brilliant)
  9. No, I have never been to a car dealer

Agnishom Chattopadhyay - 6 years, 2 months ago

Log in to reply

55. Are you sure?

Mursalin Habib - 6 years, 2 months ago

Log in to reply

In our country, phone numbers are 10 digit numbers and the Goldbach conjecture has been verified upto 10^17

Agnishom Chattopadhyay - 6 years, 2 months ago

Log in to reply

@Agnishom Chattopadhyay No, Goldbach's Conjecture has been verified upto 4×10184\times 10^{18} (as verified by Wikipedia).

And I wonder if someone in this world has got the number 33255817073339605283325581707333960528?

Kishlaya Jaiswal - 6 years, 2 months ago

You might be a mathematician if it's Year 2015, you can't help but devise a million math problems that involve the number 2015. Do a Brilliant search on "2015" and see what happens.

Michael Mendrin - 6 years, 2 months ago

  • Yes, definitely

  • Yes, 51 :P

  • Yes, foolishly though

  • Nope, I know 3 or 4, maybe

  • Nope, it is the sum of three primes

  • Nope

  • Yes, of course.

  • Nope, I don't have any

  • Nope, I've never talked to car dealer.

Swapnil Das - 5 years, 7 months ago

Log in to reply

You know 51 digits of π\pi, really?cool!

Rohit Udaiwal - 5 years, 7 months ago

Log in to reply

Yeah, it is of no use though :P

Swapnil Das - 5 years, 7 months ago

Thanks for crushing my every hope of being a mathematician. I will now hate you for the rest of my life.

Rahul Saha - 6 years, 2 months ago
×

Problem Loading...

Note Loading...

Set Loading...